Articles filed under Tennis
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Vinci beats Bencic to win St. Petersburg Ladies TrophyFeb 14, 2016 6:00 am - ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) - Roberta Vinci snapped a losing streak in finals to beat top-seeded Belinda Bencic 6-4, 6-3 and take the inaugural St. Petersburg Ladies Tro...
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Thiem wins Argentina Open to take 4th career singles titleFeb 14, 2016 6:00 am - BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Dominic Thiem defeated Nicolas Almagro of Spain 7-6 (2), 3-6, 7-6 (4) to win the Argentina Open on Sunday and claim his fourth ATP singles...
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Monfils and Klizan to meet in World Tennis Tournament finalFeb 13, 2016 6:00 am - ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Fifth-seeded Gael Monfils of France beat Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 6-3, 6-2 Saturday to set up a World Tennis Tournament final again...
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Bencic to play Vinci in St. Petersburg finalFeb 13, 2016 6:00 am - ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) - Belinda Bencic of Switzerland beat Daria Kasatkina of Russia 6-4, 6-3 in a battle of 18-year-olds to book a St. Petersburg final against Ro...
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American teen Taylor Fritz reaches final in 3rd ATP eventFeb 13, 2016 6:00 am - MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Teenager Taylor Fritz beat Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday to reach the Memphis Open final, extending his amazing run by b...
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Williams advances to final of Taiwan OpenFeb 13, 2016 6:00 am - KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) - Top-seeded Venus Williams beat Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan 7-5, 6-3 on Saturday to advance to the final of the Taiwan Open. Williams, who adv...
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Thiem bounces Nadal from Argentina Open clay-court eventFeb 13, 2016 6:00 am - BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Rising star Dominic Thiem of Austria has knocked former top-ranked Rafael Nadal out of the Argentina Open with a 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (4) victory...
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Tennis corruption probe to take at least 1 yearFeb 12, 2016 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The independent investigation into allegations of match-fixing and corruption in tennis will take at least a year, the sport's four governing bodies said F...
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Klizan and Mahut win to set up Rotterdam semifinalFeb 12, 2016 6:00 am - ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Martin Klizan of Slovakia saved five match points against sixth-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut to set up a semifinal with French qualifier Ni...
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Nadal into semifinals in Argentina; sets up match with ThiemFeb 12, 2016 6:00 am - BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Defending champion Rafael Nadal has reached the semifinals of the Argentina Open with a 7-6 (3), 6-2 victory over Paolo Lorenzi of Italy o...